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Doo<p><a href="https://youtu.be/zjOj-3y03LM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zjOj-3y03LM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> le numerus closus est initialement destiné à limiter la promotion sociale 👏</p>
HalJor :propride:<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> about Hammerspace -- "an imaginary extradimensional, instantly accessible storage area in fiction, which is used to explain how characters from animation, comics, and video games can produce objects out of thin air. ... The phenomenon of a character producing plot-dependent items seemingly out of thin air dates back to the beginning of animated shorts during the Golden age of American animation. Warner Bros. cartoon characters are particularly well known for often pulling all sorts of things—hammers, guns, disguises, matches, bombs, anvils, mallets—from behind their backs or just off-screen."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerspace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammersp</span><span class="invisible">ace</span></a></p>
The Lesser Okona<p>The <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/CochraneFormula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CochraneFormula</span></a> explained <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/GreatestGen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatestGen</span></a></p>
Bernd<p>Dinge, die ich jetzt erst lerne, obwohl ich in der Zeit aufgewachsen bin: Spliff war die Nina-Hagen-Band ohne Nina Hagen. Alles durch dieses tolle Reinhold-Heil-Interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N397RJ1kSKU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=N397RJ1kSK</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a><br><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ninahagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ninahagen</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/spliff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spliff</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/reinholdheil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reinholdheil</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/musik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musik</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/synthesizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synthesizer</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/neuedeutschewelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuedeutschewelle</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ndw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ndw</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a></p>
Quilotoa<p><strong>TIL the country that eats the most pizza per capita is Norway.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.ca/post/44343353" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.ca/post/44343353</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hänzi Pōtter<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TIL</span></a> there was, beside <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NATO</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CENTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CENTO</span></a> (central treaty organisation) and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SEATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SEATO</span></a> (south east Asia treaty organisation) security organisations made to encircle <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SovitUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SovitUnion</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>China</span></a></p>
AsozialesNetzwerk Sektion Köln<p>Gestern erst zufällig durch einen Wortwitz bei Mad Men realisiert: Miracel Whip ist einfach eine sehr billige Eindeutschung des amerikanischen Miracle Whip.<br>Eigentlich naheliegend, aber wenn man es das ganze Leben lang nur deutsch ausgesprochen gehört hat, denkt man das sei einfach ein Fantasiewort.</p><p>Genauso wie mit Vick VapoRub (was eigentlich Vicks VapoRub heißt, wieso sie das wohl für den deutschen Markt geändert haben? 😆 )</p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/mindblown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindblown</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/mywholelifeisalie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mywholelifeisalie</span></a></p>
Arnd Layer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Paxil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Paxil</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RickiTarr</span></a></span> <br>That’s a leisure suit?!? I never knew. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a></p>
Abie<p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> Il y a une monarchie maori, créée au XIXe pour essayer de peser politiquement.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_King_movement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81o</span><span class="invisible">ri_King_movement</span></a></p>
Oliver Schafeld<p>I was under the impression this disparity had started around 1980, while apparently this erosion of economic participation started a decade earlier. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> </p><p>Down the research rabbit hole:</p><p><a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/search/is-it-correct-that-in-the-us-t-2r6CAcgsSemZigBNKqjBoQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">perplexity.ai/search/is-it-cor</span><span class="invisible">rect-that-in-the-us-t-2r6CAcgsSemZigBNKqjBoQ</span></a></p>
Abie<p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> le delire des sovereign citizens vient (au moins en partie) d'une erreur d'éditeur sur le 13e amendement à la constitution américaine.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE4Oa3hcq24#t=590" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=dE4Oa3hcq2</span><span class="invisible">4#t=590</span></a></p>
Caleb :jewish_pride_flag: כָלב<p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> people in the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> only ate <a href="https://babka.social/tags/breakfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakfast</span></a> or brunch from late morning to noon, and then supper at sunset. <a href="https://babka.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> (<a href="https://calebh.top/?p=256" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">calebh.top/?p=256</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p>
IamNobuddy<p><strong>TIL that Korea's Hwacha, an early rocket launcher from the 15th century, could devastate enemy troops with a single volley of 200 flaming arrows.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/29860831" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.world/post/29860831</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Pierrette<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/TIl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIl</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/mortalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortalism</span></a> is a thing<br>we're turning full tilt into lemmings</p>
FlashMobOfOne<p><strong>TIL of Chief Standing Bear, who won a lawsuit against the US in 1879, overcoming a counter-argument that his tribe weren't people under US law.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/29850661" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.world/post/29850661</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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